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Scarus ovicepsScarus oviceps (Blue parrotfish; Dark capped parrotfish; Darkcap parrotfish; Darkcapped parrotfish; Dark-capped parrotfish; Egghead parrotfish; Yellow-barred parrotfish)
Synonyms: Callyodon lazulinus; Pseudoscarus knerii; Pseudoscarus zonatus
Language: Carolinian; Fijian; French; Gela; Japanese; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Misima-Paneati; Samoan; Surigaonon; Tagalog; Tahitian; Visayan
The dark-capped parrotfish (Scarus oviceps) is a species of parrotfish which inhabits coral reefs including the Great Barrier Reef. |
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Pulu Keeling National Park |
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6469 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via
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